JUNIPER NETWORKS Paragon Automation as a Service User Guide

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Paragon Automation as a Service

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SUMMARY
This guide walks you through the simple steps that users with the Super User and Network Admin roles should complete to set up Paragon Automation.
Meet Paragon Automation
Paragon Automation as a Service (also referred to as Paragon Automation) is a cloud-delivered, WAN automation solution that is based on a modern microservices architecture with open APIs. Paragon Automation is designed with an easy to use, persona-based UI that provides a superior operational and user experience.
You can use Paragon Automation to onboard the cloud ready ACX7000 Series routers. To view the list of ACX Series routers that Paragon Automation supports, see Paragon Automation Supported Hardware.
Prerequisites
Before you get started, make sure you have the link to access Paragon Automation or an invite to join an organization in Paragon Automation. You must be an administrator with the Super User privileges to set up an account in Paragon Automation.
Create Your Paragon Automation Account
To log in to Paragon Automation, you must create an account in Juniper Cloud and activate the account. You can create an account in Juniper Cloud in one of the following ways:

• Use the invite received from an administrator in Paragon Automation to join an organization.
• Access the Juniper Cloud at https://manage.cloud.juniper.net, create an account, and create your organization.

Follow these steps to create an account and log in to Paragon Automation.
• To log in to Paragon Automation with an invite:

1. Click Go to organization-name in the e-mail body of the invite that you received.
   The Invite to Organization page appears.

2. Click Register to Accept.
   The My Account page appears.

3. Enter your first name, last name, e-mail address, and the password that you’ll use to access your account.
   The password can contain up to 32 characters, including special characters, based on the password policy of the organization.

4. Click Create Account.

5. In the verification e-mail that you received, click Validate Me.
   The My Account page appears.

6. Select the organization for which you received the invite.
   You can access the organization in Paragon Automation. The tasks you can perform in this organization depends on the role assigned to you.
   By default, the user who creates an organization has the Super User role. The Super User can perform functions such as create organization, add sites, add users to various roles, and so on.

• To access Juniper Cloud, create your Paragon Automation account and organization:

1. Access Juniper Cloud at https://manage.cloud.juniper.net from a web browser.

2. Click Create Account on the Juniper Cloud page.

3. On the My Account page, type your first name, last name, e-mail address, and password, and click Create Account.
   The password can contain up to 32 characters, including special characters, based on the password policy of the organization.
   Juniper Cloud sends you a confirmation e-mail to validate the account.

4. In the verification e-mail that you receive, click Validate Me.
   The New Account page appears.

5. Click Create Organization.
   The Create organization page appears.

6. Enter a unique name for your organization and click Create.
   The New Account page appears displaying the organization that you created.

7. Select the organization you created.
   You have successfully logged in to your organization in Paragon Automation.

Create Sites
A site represents the location where devices are installed. You must be a superuser to add, modify, or delete a site.

1. Click Administration > Sites in the navigation menu.
2. On the Sites page, click Create (+).
3. In the Create Site page, enter values for the fields Name, Location, Timezone, and Site Group.
4. Click OK.
   The site is created and appears on the Sites page. For more information about sites, see Manage Sites.

Add Users
To add users to an organization, you must be a user with the Super User privileges. You add a user by sending them an e-mail invite from Paragon Automation. When you send an invite, you can assign a role to the user depending on the function they need to perform in the organization.
To add user to the organization:

1. Click Administration > Users.

2. On the Users page, click Invite User (+).

3. In the Users: New Invite page, enter the user details such as e-mail address, first name and last name, and the role that the use should perform in the organization. For more information about roles in Paragon Automation, see Predefined User Roles Overview.
   The first name and the last name can be up to 64 characters each.

4. Click Invite.
   An e-mail invite is sent to the user and the Users page displays the status of the user as Invited.

5. Follow Steps 1 though 4 to add users with the Network Admin and Installer roles, respectively.

Up and Running

SUMMARY
This section walks you through the preparatory steps that a Super User or Network Admin must perform before onboarding a device and moving the device to production.
Network Resource Pools
A network resource pool defines values for network resources, such as IPv4 loopback addresses, interface IP addresses, and so on that are assigned to the devices in your network during device onboarding.
You can create network resource pools either from Paragon Automation UI or by using a REST API. This section guides you through the steps to add network resource pool from the Paragon Automation UI.
To add resource pools:

1. Click Intent > Network Implementation Plan.

2. On the Network Implementation Plan page, click More > Download Sample Network Resources to download the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) sample files that you can use to define the resource pools..
   The file l3-stuff.json defines the resource pools for loopback address and IPv4 addresses. The file routing.json defines the resource pools for ASN, SIDs, and BGP cluster IDs.

3. Define the network resource pools by modifying the values in the sample files.

4. Save the network resources files.

5. Click More > Upload Network Resources to upload the modified JSON files.
   You can view the updated network resource pools by clicking More > View Network Resources.
   For more information, see Add Resource Pools.

Add a Device Profile
A device profile defines all the configuration associated with a device, such as IPv4 loopback address, device ID, and AS number, and routing protocols (such as BGP) for a device.
Before you add device profiles, ensure that you have

• Configured labels in Paragon Automation and are listed on the Device and Interface Profiles page. See Add Labels.
• Defined the resource pools. See Add Resource Pools.

To add a device profile:

1. Navigate to Settings > Intent Settings > Device and Interface Profiles.
2. In the Device and Interface Profiles page, click Add > Device Profile to create a device profile.
3. Enter the required information as explained in Add a Device Profile.
4. Click Save.
   The device profile is created and appears on the Device and Interface Profiles page.

Add a Interface Profile
An interface profile defines the configuration associated with an interface, such as routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, LDP, and RSVP) for the interfaces on a device.
To add an interface profile:

1. Navigate to Settings > Intent Settings > Device and Interface Profiles.

2. In the Device and Interface Profiles page, click Add > Interface Profile to create an interface profile.

3. In the Create Interface Profile page, enter the required parameters as explained in Add an Interface Profile.
   NOTE: You must enable the Internet Connected option when you add an interface profile. This step is required to allow Paragon Automation to initiate connectivity tests from the ports on which the interface profile is applied. We recommend that you enable this setting when you add the profile because you cannot enable or modify it later. For more information, see section Configurations to Trigger Connectivity Tests in Device Connectivity Data and Tests Results.

4. Click Save.

The interface profile is created and appears on the Device and Interface Profiles page.
You can apply interface profiles and device profiles as default profiles so that the configurations in the profiles are applied to all devices and interfaces included in the plan except management interface. You can also apply device profiles and interface profiles to a specific device or an interface.
Add a Network Implementation Plan
A network implementation plan defines the device configurations to be committed, and the health, connectivity, and compliance (compliance with center for Internet Security (CIS) checks to be performed on the device. To onboard a device, you must create a network implementation plan in Paragon Automation.
To add a network implementation plan:

1. Navigate to Intent > Device Onboarding > Network implementation Plan.

2. On the Network implementation Plan page, click Add (+).

3. Enter a name for the plan and select a device profile and an interface profile.

4. Click Next to add devices to the plan.

5. In the Devices section click Add (+).
   In the Add Devices wizard that appears, you can configure the device, the device’s interfaces, and add the chassis components for monitoring health.

6. On the Add Device page, configure the required parameters and click Next.
   The Links page appears.

7. Click Add (+) to add links between devices.

8. Click Next to view a summary of the configuration.
   If you want to modify the plan, you can click Edit and make the required changes.

9. Click Save.
   The plan is created and appears on the Network implementation Plan page.
   For more information about adding a the network implementation plan, see Add a Network Implementation Plan.

Onboard a Device
You must be a user with the Installer role in Paragon Automation to onboard devices. After you log in as an Installer, you can access to a list of devices and instructions to install them. For information on how to onboard a device, see Onboard Cloud-Ready Devices with Paragon Automation.
Approve a Device for Service
After a device is onboarded, a user with the Super User or Network Admin role can move the device to production.
To move a device to production:

1. Click Intent > Device Onboarding > Put Devices into Service.

2. Filter the Ready for Service devices by selecting Ready for Service in the Select all status filter.

3. Click the Hostname link of the device to view the result of the automated tests that are performed on the Device- name page.

4. Analyze the results of the tests and view the alerts raised for the device.
   If there are no critical or major issues, you can move the device to production.

5. Click Put into Service to move the device to production.
   Paragon Automation changes the status of the device to In Service and moves the device to production. You can monitor the device for any alerts or alarms from the Device-Name (Observability > Troubleshoot Devices > Device- Name) page.

Adopt a Device
A Super User or Network Admin can adopt a device that is already a part of the network, and manage the device using Paragon Automation. After you adopt a device, you can perform management tasks such as updating configurations using configuration templates, applying licenses, and upgrading software. However, you cannot obtain the granular metrics about device health and performance that you obtain for a device that is onboarded using the network implementation plan.
To adopt a device, you must manually commit the outbound SSH configuration on the device to initiate a connection to Paragon Automation.
Before you adopt a device, ensure that:
• The device can reach the gateway.
NOTE: If a firewall exists between Juniper Cloud and the device, configure the firewall to allow outbound access on TCP ports 443, 2200, 6800, and 32,767 from the management port of the device.
• The device can connect to the Internet by pinging inet 8.8.8.8.

1. Navigate to Administration > Inventory.

2. On the Installed Base tab, click Adopt Device. Alternatively, click the Adopt Router on the Routers tab.
   The Device Adoption page appears.

3. Click Select Site to select the site where the device is installed.
   The outbound SSH configuration that is required for the device to establish a connection with Paragon Automation appears.

4. Click the Copy to Clipboard link to copy the CLI commands under Apply the following CLI commands to adopt a Juniper Device if meets the requirements section to clipboard.

5. Access the device by using SSH and log in to the device in configuration mode.

6. Paste the contents of the clipboard and commit the configuration on the device.
   The device connects to Juniper Cloud and can be managed using Paragon Automation.
   After you adopt a device, you can verify connectivity status by running the following command on the device: user@host> show system connections |match 2200
   tcp 0 0 ip-address:38284 ip-address:2200 ESTABLISHED 6692/sshd: jcloud-s

Keep Going

What’s Next
Now that you’ve onboarded the device, here are some things you might want to do next.

Alarms](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/paragon- automation-as-a-service/user-guide/topics/task/alerts-alarms-workflow.html).
Know more about device health monitoring| See Automatically Monitor Device Health and Detect Anomalies.
Know more about the device life cycle management use case| See Device Life Cycle Management Overview
Check trust and compliance of onboarded devices| See Perform Custom Compliance Scans

General Information

Account](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/paragon- automation-as-a-service/user-guide/topics/topic-map/user-account- information.html)
Learn about user roles in Paragon Automation| See Predefined User Roles Overview

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References

• manage.cloud.juniper.net
• Paragon Automation Supported Hardware | Juniper Networks
• Device Life Cycle Management Overview | Juniper Networks
• Predefined User Roles Overview | Juniper Networks
• Add a Device Profile | Juniper Networks
• Add an Interface Profile | Juniper Networks
• Add Labels | Juniper Networks
• Add a Network Implementation Plan | Juniper Networks
• Troubleshoot Using Alerts and Alarms | Juniper Networks
• Manage Sites | Juniper Networks
• Perform Custom Compliance Scans | Juniper Networks
• Add Network Resource Pools | Juniper Networks
• Device Connectivity Data and Tests Results | Juniper Networks
• Automatically Monitor Device Health and Detect Anomalies | Juniper Networks
• Manage Your Juniper Cloud Account | Juniper Networks

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